Halloween is the time of year when the shades of the dead whisper from forgotten places and spirits walk among us. The Witches of Salem honor this time with Festival of the Dead, an annual event series that explores death’s macabre customs, heretical histories, and strange rituals. Presented by Salem Witch Christian Day and hosted by the foremost authorities on the spirit world, Festival of the Dead beckons guests to step through the veil into a realm where spirits await.

Festival of the Dead explores death’s mysteries through events that investigate the favored and forbidden ways in which people have honored, celebrated, and secretly delved into life’s inevitable destination:

Walk the paths

of Heaven and Hell at The Brimstone Chronicles

Learn to hunt ghosts at Spectral Evidence: Ghost Hunting 101

Learn to communicate with spirits at Voices of the Dead: Spirit Communication

See Into the Future at The Annual Psychic Fair and Witchcraft Expo

Dance with the Undead at The Vampires' Masquerade Ball

Celebrate your departed at The Mourning Tea

Hear from Departed Loved Ones at Messages from the Spirit World: An Authentic Séance

Honor Your Loved Ones Who Have Crossed Over at the Salem Witches' Most Sacred Event … The Dumb Supper: Dinner with the Dead

Finally, join the Witches of Salem and revelers from around the globe for The Official Salem Witches‘ Halloween Ball, the world’s most exclusive Halloween event! Celebrate the afterlife with food, dancing, ritual, live music, free psychic readings, and prizes where the dead cavort with the living and powerful spells are cast for the Witches’ new year!

Who owns the land? Only the land knows. We mortals are passersby, and our lives are but a brief moment in the great span of time and space. We are born, we live out our lives, and most of us do the best we can with it, but the wind is forever, and the rivers flow forever to the sea, and all the seasons of the weathers will come and go after we are gone. But the Earth endures, the Earth is eternal" - Earl Hamner